Technology

granted limited access to software that can be revoked at any moment.

If it is that, then it may not be called a purchase. Simple.

if buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing.

If I don't own, I won't buy. Good luck.

Already lost my PS4 collection for not logging in 3 years.

does anyone know why Sony is so intent on ensuring that I never become a console gamer and give them money?

like how does this benefit them?

🎶🎶oh, the pirate's life's for me🎶🎶

Imagine how well digital games would sell if they showed up in your cart like: 1 x Revokable License for God of War $69 See Terms and Conditions* [Confirm Payment]

• Terms: we will do whatever the fuck we want. Conditions: whenever we want.

There's a reason they say "Buy" instead of "Pay".

It's been going on for generations, but it's no less dishonest for all that. Software sellers write complex EULAs for which the only valid answer is "Agree" because the store won't take an open box back and the software won't install unless we pretend to agree, so even us legitimate software enjoyers are pirates in our hearts. Meanwhile normies don't even think about it that much. Fuck this whole system, but double fuck an online service that says "purchase" but will steal it back later. Fuck that.

It’s a bolder than usual move for Sony to announce the end of physical media prior to a new console launch, and launch this “you don’t own the digital games you buy” campaign at the same time.

The usual easy strategy is first you end physical media sales, let people be content with the idea that they own their digital games at least so that the only thing people think about is the convenience of digital, then after you launch your new console, get everybody locked in, that’s when you launch the “Oh you don’t own these digital games btw” campaign.

The fact that they’re just doing all of this at the same time means they know they won’t lose any money over it because we’re sheep and the consumer just doesn’t care anymore

Going to court to prove they're arseholes. Nice.

If you want to stop it, write to your representatives. EULAs do not override local laws.

If I've already bought it I won't even hesitate to pirate it.

If I don't own them, no reason to pay for them ever.

Then why do they have the word "buy" on the PS store🤨

um yeah, that's not hard to prove, you can check my torrent history

People need to stop supporting these companies. Stop buying Nintendo. Stop buying Sony.

Even if they succeed with a weird judge to prove this.... It's not the point. We want to own stuff, so either make "owning" available or we stop buying/renting.

If I won't own them, I'm not buying them. This is them shooting themselves in the feet.

I don't need to read the article to know that they're making the same argument as Amazon and Apple. When you "buy" a show on one of the streaming platforms, you aren't actually buying anything except an extended rental.

Like when you purchase books for 2 weeks at the library. Simple!

That's why you should buy physical disks. In the worst case you can re-sell them to someone else.

Nothing new. This is the same bullshit legal framework that underpins the entire software industry and extends back to the mid 90s. It's just front-and-center in games now because the industry has transitioned from a growth industry to a mature one wherein producers need to extract more revenue per user and predictably enshittify their platforms to do so.

I've basically decided that I will not buy any game that I cannot play offline. If I do a buy game, I will also pirate it to ensure continued access. If I can't pirate it, I won't buy it.

Fuck em.

Ah I see Playstation seems out of its wild teenage years and is now so overconfident it's poke the bear time!

This should be fun.

With how shitty the owning and freedom situation on consoles is already, this really doesn't change much. People who are still using consoles just don't give any fucks. They happily swallowed the PSN subscription. They will happily swallow the next toad too.